Key Highlights
- on Sunday near the Angadikadavu school and it later stationed on a rubber plantation.
- Though it reportedly came from the Parakkamalai forest area, the elephant did not retreat till late night, causing widespread fear among residents.
- Forest officials, rapid response team (RRT) members, and the police reached the area and kept the elephant under surveillance.
- Residents were instructed to remain indoors and warnings were issued through loudspeakers across Ayyankunnu.
- The police and forest personnel were deployed at likely elephant corridors.
